Research workflows

Cardiothoracic Ratio (CTR)

Transverse cardiac and thoracic measurements on CT or MRI

Measure CTR from chest CT or MRI by comparing the widest horizontal diameter of the heart with the width across both lungs.

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Report outputs

Axial cardiothoracic ratio

Maximum cardiac width divided by lung span on the same axial slice. A secondary maximum-lung-span ratio is included in report details.

Maximum cardiac width

Maximum transverse width of the whole heart.

Thoracic span

Lung span at the cardiac measurement slice.

Segmentation outputs

Whole heartLungs
Image data
An anonymized chest or chest-abdomen DICOM study or NIfTI volume that includes the complete heart and both lungs.
Basic subject info
A pseudonymous subject name is required. No other subject fields are required.
Study metadata
No additional study metadata is required. Series description is optional.

How to use

  1. 1

    Upload a complete anonymized DICOM study or NIfTI volume.

  2. 2

    Quality note: Use only when the whole heart and both lungs are included. Review the measurement lines and segmentation.

  3. 3

    Clinical note: CT/MRI CTR is different from CTR measured on a PA chest X-ray.